Apple Working on iPhone With No Home Button, Fingerprint Sensor Integrated Into Display?

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Posted June 22, 2015 at 1:32pm by iClarified

Apple is reportedly working on future iPhone designs with no button and ultra-thin displays that integrate fingerprint sensors, reports DigiTimes.

Apple is internally developing touch and display driver integration (TDDI) single-chip solutions for its iPhones, according to sources in Taiwan's IC design industry. The TDDI single-chip solutions will also come with integrated fingerprint sensors, said the sources. The integrated design would fit into future iPhone designs – models with ultra-thin and ultra-narrow displays, and with a whole plane design eliminating the Home button.

DigiTimes notes that the expansion of Apple's in-house design business could have a significant impact on the global semiconductor industry. Apple already develops CPUs for its mobile products including the Ax and Sx line of SoCs.

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gamerscul9870 - June 23, 2015 at 4:12pm

The one hand use on iPhone is still here, that's why Apple finally came with the solution that has been mentioned countless times on the 6 and 6 plus. One hand use is what happened here. Why would Apple put anything else on the bezel? Not once has anything been added to he bezel, but haven't you tried adjusting it yourself in the setting. If here were to fix it if they haven't yet, then it's going to be put on screen since that's how it was always done, but hence you can just swipe from the left side of the iPhone to do that or use Siri. Samsung may have done phablets first but iPhones took that advantage far further ahead. They aren't afraid to copy but it's a long shot to copy this. This is what simple is all about!

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Novak - June 23, 2015 at 1:05am

It is coming for sure, especially after they have developed a touch force display for watch.

Michael Lacat - June 23, 2015 at 12:01am

Maybe they will put in the side again like in Apple Watch

gamerscul9870 - June 23, 2015 at 12:11am

Why would they do that? I understand that the 6 repositioned the button but it's still on the side. That logic isn't like the one you're hinting at, but the phone would have to be bulky and built like the watch in order to do that. Just reasons.

no_ma'am - June 22, 2015 at 11:13pm

Kill the home button. The z10 doesn't have it and it's great.

gamerscul9870 - June 22, 2015 at 11:31pm

Just the button itself, not what helped revolutionized what it did itself and for all the helpful stuff used for. Without the home feature, there would be a huge screw up and I mean HUGE,

Cedeno66 - June 22, 2015 at 6:25pm

The home button is the best. Even Samsung copied it. Keep the home button please. Maybe a little smaller but keep it there.

gamerscul9870 - June 22, 2015 at 7:42pm

I couldn't agree more. I guess the home button will be there but may blend in with the bezel just inside it.

Omar - June 22, 2015 at 11:12pm

Yeah, what if the phone hangs or crash, what the hell am I going to press to get out of there...

gamerscul9870 - June 22, 2015 at 5:41pm

Too late how? Most android had a fingerprint scanner because of Apple and is continued to be copied. You think Apple would integrate the home button like android yet does android home button with the scanner while being button less? If Apple were to make an integrated home button with the scanner itself, does that mean others done it yet? Not to mention the home button is on screen compared to what Apple hasn't even confirmed yet and may still be within the bezel. Tell me which android does any of this! LawlolawlolawlolawlxDxDxDxD

Amir - June 22, 2015 at 4:08pm

That would feel wired

PNHUNTER - June 22, 2015 at 3:28pm

Put the home button where my thumb goes and the power button back to the top. Case closed.

dkdk - June 22, 2015 at 3:19pm

There will ALWAYS be a home button, if anything they'll move it off the screen to increase the real estate or reduce the size. But you can't just integrated on the screen because it'll interfere with the functionality of the apps... there would have to be a "dead zone" that the apps can't use because it's reserved for the home button function, that would be stupid.

paulMOGG - June 22, 2015 at 3:00pm

No need for home button just needs to integrate it.

gamerscul9870 - June 22, 2015 at 2:59pm

Software lag? From nearly every iOS I have used, none have had any problems except 8.1 for self reboot.

Mas22 - June 22, 2015 at 2:25pm

Now get rid of the speaker hole on the face, and integrate it on the bezel top edge

Alex - June 22, 2015 at 2:39pm

A good solution for that would be to lace the speackers around the screen which is very much possible by simply placing the actual speaker behind the screen and designing a sound guiding system which would deliver direct and greater sound instead of it dipping to de bottom and having to put your head to hear in a noisy place

Kev_Biggaveli - June 22, 2015 at 2:02pm

im going to stay with iphone 6 and below that has home button

gamerscul9870 - June 22, 2015 at 2:03pm

That depends. Will this really happen for both the 6c and 6s and is it even confirmed yet?

Kev_Biggaveli - June 22, 2015 at 10:34pm

Hope not

Alex - June 22, 2015 at 2:00pm

Also, it was recently reported that apple has developed/invented a metal that is invisible to radio frequencies which would allow for a sleek non-devided back of the phone. Essentially you would have something that is simply a display and a solid back with perturbed buttons. Next step after that would probably be tactile buttons on the metal itself which will be interesting to see be pulled off.

William m - June 22, 2015 at 2:00pm

What if the operation system all the app freezes how do you back out do you have to shut your phone all the way down to back out of the touchscreen if it freezes up.

Alex - June 22, 2015 at 2:03pm

In the developement there is a way to link certain functions to work directly with the device without having to bypass certain processes like in the case of the home button which work both with and without the OS. When you're turning on your phone it works without it Nd works directly with the start up systems. The force touch integration would work just like the home button but without the physical button there - this would serveto hard Reboot the phone in case of any emergencies.

gamerscul9870 - June 22, 2015 at 1:59pm

I don't care what they do to it as long as there exists a 4-inch version, then sign me up!

Alex - June 22, 2015 at 1:57pm

The integration would be the Display with the fingerprint scanner as well as the integration of Force touch allowing you to interact with it in the same way as the Apple watch

Sti - June 22, 2015 at 1:50pm

I would yes

Chip - June 22, 2015 at 1:43pm

Maybe there will be a always on mode that the sensor will activate once touched. The phone is never actually off anyway. So this could work. Just a matter of getting use to. Hahaha.

back in the days - June 22, 2015 at 1:39pm

What has this world come to!!! Integrated home buttons.

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